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Aaron Bunch

NT police chief defends Kumanjayi charges

Constable Zachary Rolfe was acquitted of intentionally killing Mr Walker following a five-week trial (AAP)

The Northern Territory police commissioner has defended his force's handling of a murder investigation into a policeman who fatally shot an Aboriginal teenager.

Jamie Chalker says allegations that the decision to prosecute Constable Zachary Rolfe, 30, was politically interfered with are factually incorrect and damage the community's trust in the criminal justice system.

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